In his latest book, bestselling author Cass Pennant takes an engaging
and unparalleled look at some of the most volatile and violent scenes of
fans following their football clubs to have unfolded over the past five
decades, and examines the lengths to which many will go to put one over
their local rivals.Here is history that also examines everything from
the changing face of football violence, to who gets involved - and why.
It looks, too, at how the' firms' operate, both home and away, and at
the effects of the football establishment's often counter-productive
attempts to contain hooliganism on the psychology of supporters. Has the
war on hooliganism been successfully stamped out? Can it ever be won?
This remarkable and informative book gives a frank examination of
football violence to show how different inter-club and inter-regional
rivalries have evolved - and features many first-hand accounts of
incidents that make chilling reading. It builds up to provide the most
comprehensive look behind the match-day madness and the activities of
some of British football's most notorious hooligans, to give answers as
to why these games are so important to supporters. The history of such
infamous 'firms' as the ICF, the Bushwackers, the Headhunters, and the
Red Army has never been fully documented . . . until now. You're Going
Home in a F*cking Ambulance is an eye-opening study of a problem that
refuses to go away, by a writer who knows his subject inside-out.
